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Ta-Nehisi Coates press stops show media’s response to pro-Palestinian voices

Author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates‘ interviews regarding his latest book, The Message, reveal more about how the media is further receiving and framing those who speak out on behalf of Palestinians and against the Israeli government’s ongoing war with Hamas, which is making Palestinian civilians the collateral damage in the ongoing conflict. In a recent...

‘You Just Killed Him!’: Family Accuses Indiana Deputies of Cover-Up After 911 Call for Seizures Turns Fatal—Man Dies with Officer’s ‘Dirty Boot’ on His Back, Face Pinned in Pillow
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‘You Just Killed Him!’: Family Accuses Indiana Deputies of Cover-Up After 911 Call for Seizures Turns Fatal—Man Dies with Officer’s ‘Dirty Boot’ on His Back, Face Pinned in Pillow

Family members of an Indiana man who died after an encounter with local authorities say the body camera footage of the incident doesn’t fully depict what happened the night their loved one died. Rhyker Earl died after deputies and first responders were called to a Jasper County home on Sept. 8 to render medical aid...

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Key insights for Black voters ahead of the crucial VP debate

As the nation braces for the highly anticipated vice presidential debate between Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Ohio Senator JD Vance, Black voters find themselves at the epicenter of a political maelstrom. Scheduled for Oct. 1 in New York City, this pivotal event promises to shape the trajectory of the upcoming election, with implications that...

‘Bet She Is Wearing a White Hood’: Misinformed C-SPAN Caller Declares, ‘I Don’t Have Time to be Racist,’ But In Next Breath Claims Black People, Not Whites, Established Jim Crow
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‘Bet She Is Wearing a White Hood’: Misinformed C-SPAN Caller Declares, ‘I Don’t Have Time to be Racist,’ But In Next Breath Claims Black People, Not Whites, Established Jim Crow

A white Republican voter in Ohio called C-SPAN’s Washington Journal program on Monday to assert that she is too busy working to “have time to be racist,” then falsely claimed that Black people were responsible for enacting the oppressive systems of Jim Crow and segregation.  The 63-year-old caller, who gave her name as Mary, made the...

‘His Only Loyalty Is to Himself’: Mark Cuban Warns Fellow Billionaire Elon Musk Against Alliance with Donald Trump
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‘His Only Loyalty Is to Himself’: Mark Cuban Warns Fellow Billionaire Elon Musk Against Alliance with Donald Trump

He has emerged as one of Donald Trump’s most outspoken surrogates, but a fellow billionaire has warned Twitter/X CEO Elon Musk to prepare to be let down by the GOP nominee. Mark Cuban, an enthusiastic supporter of Democrat Kamala Harris, reached out to Musk after the billionaire Tesla founder sent an apocalyptic tweet about the...